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The Linnets were a nice couple with a brace of teenage boys.
unknown title 2008
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"Linnets," Lyrana said as she leaned against Gawaine's back for a better look.
Fortress Of Frost And Fire Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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"Linnets," Lyrana said as she leaned against Gawaine's back for a better look.
Fortress Of Frost And Fire Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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Linnets and swallows have been observed singing in chorus, while instances have been recorded of a starlings singing, as Mr. Bevis says, seemingly in perfect unison.
When Sounds Make Sense Alexander Theroux 2010
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Linnets and thrushes were warbling among the trees.
Byeways in Palestine James Finn
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(Linnets and larks and jays and red-billed ousels)
Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 24, 1920. Various
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They came to the mountain-top and lighted on the ground -- Peewits, Blackbirds, Starlings, Finches, Linnets -- and each was bigger than any bird he had ever seen.
The Boy Who Knew What The Birds Said Padraic Colum 1926
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They lighted on the ground -- Peewits, Blackbirds, Starlings, Finches, Linnets -- tremendous birds.
The Boy Who Knew What The Birds Said Padraic Colum 1926
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And then another cloud was seen coming across the sky, and this cloud came to be a flock of birds too, and they came to the mountain-top and lighted on the ground -- Linnets, Finches, Starlings, Blackbirds,
The Boy Who Knew What The Birds Said Padraic Colum 1926
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Linnets, and Snowbirds enlivened the radiant sunlit scene.
The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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